John Clark In a chapel in the heart of the south Wales valleys, a coffee morning is in full flow. It is a small affair – just a handful of retired men exalting the glory days when the mines were still open. Today, like most weeks, numbers are relatively low. But for the minister who has organised … Continue Reading
The Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday urged all parties in the General Election to make ‘an absolute priority’ of reassuring minority groups. Steve Doughty. Mail online. 20 November 2019 John Clark
The longest serving suffragan bishop , Colin Fletcher,in the Church of England has announced he is set to retire next year. Tola Mbakwe. Premier 5 November 2019 John Clark
Britain is not a mean-spirited country and the Essex lorry deaths should remind us that we have long offered sanctuary to the oppressed Archbishop John Sentamu. Guardian. 26 October 2019 John Clark
On Friday, I baptised my six month old baby boy in the River Jordan. What greater joy than for a priest to christen his own child in the place where Jesus himself was baptised? Giles Fraser UnHerd 21 October 2019 John Clark
Hundreds of Christians in Syria came together recently to hear a word of encouragement as they seek to be faithful witnesses in a country that has suffered years of conflict. Christian Today. 10 October 2019 John Clark
The question of Britain’s relationship with the EU is rapidly becoming the most pressing question of our time—and perhaps the most pressing question for our national life for several generations, certainly since the end of the Second World War. Yet Christian leaders seem to fall into one of two traps—either saying something partisan which alienates … Continue Reading
Nature is being eroded at rates unprecedented in human history but we still have time to stave off mass extinctions Robert Watson. Guardian 6 May 2019 Sir Robert Watson is chair of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), and former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) John Clark
Downing Street has today announced that the Queen has accepted the nomination of the Venerable Dr Joanne Woolway Grenfell as the next Bishop of Stepney Church of England website. 7 May 2019 John Clark
If God whispered in your ear about a pastoral call on Ascension Island — on which about 800 people live in the middle of the South Atlantic, 1,000 miles from Africa and 1,400 miles from Brazil — how would you respond? Matthew Townsend. The Living Church 28 February 2019 John Clark